novelraw Chapter 113 : Feeling the Waves (20)
Chapter 113 : Feeling the Waves (20)
The opponent in front of me was clearly a strong one.
The guy was fine even after being hit by the Twin Poles twice, and he was fine even after a terrifying fight with the Sword Empress.
That appearance now was clearly a well-decorated bluff. Logically thinking, it didn't make sense to be fine even after experiencing the intense fight before.
Is he immortal or what? At best, he's just a human!
Only then could I calm my trembling legs and arms. There was no need to be afraid.
Perhaps the Sword Empress wanted to convey something to me at the end.
What did the Sword Empress want to convey to me?
It's only now that I'm saying this, but how nice it would have been if she had just told me in words.
This is why old geezers are no good.
If I get old, I shouldn't be like the Sword Empress.
The good thing was that even if I spoke gibberish, I could understand it perfectly.
The problem was that what I saw was real...
The Sword Empress, who would give me the answer, was unconscious.
It's a bit much to ask the enemy, and...
Even if that's true, there was a problem.
The Sword Empress performed it, the guy blocked it, and even gave direct damage to the Sword Empress.
Even if I perform the same thing, I will just become the second Sword Empress.
In other words! I had to surpass what the Sword Empress had just shown to be able to compete with that guy.
No! If you're going to teach me, teach me properly.
Giving me something ambiguous. It's really driving me crazy, and everyone would understand me.
It's a question of whether it's possible even with plenty of time, but to surpass the insight left by the Sword Empress, no less, right now when time is short?
Isn't this too irresponsible!
What's certain is that if I can't do it at this moment, not only me but everyone in Hainan will die.
Still, I got a plan that could turn the situation around.
Phew.
Taking a deep breath, I took a stance.
"Are you playing with me now?"
Yes. To you, this might look like a game.
But I'm serious, you bastard!
No matter how much I think about it, this is the only thing that comes to mind.
What the Sword Empress wanted to tell me was probably the amplification of energy by resonance.
And whether this was a coincidence or not, it was similar to the principle of the Twin Poles.
'However, if I follow what the Sword Empress did, my body will not be able to withstand it.'
The guy moved. The guy's arm muscles had been in a rather strange state from a while ago, but I could instinctively tell that I should never be hit by that.
And what had sent the Sword Empress flying was also a blow that had started from that arm.
The distance with the guy was rapidly closing.
There was no more time to think. Swish, I also kicked off the ground. With Segeuk Oegang spread not on my whole body, but on my legs.
'I'll increase the efficiency by spreading it partially.'
It felt like the blood vessels in my legs would burst, but fortunately, it worked. The first problem was solved.
We approached until we were within arm's reach of each other.
The guy extended his fist first.
The blow that had sent the Sword Empress's last attack flying.
The intention to blow my head off in one shot.
He's a hot-headed guy.
Alright! Let's do it!
'Now!'
I released the Segeuk Oegang on my legs and moved it to my arms. In that process, a pain as if my bones were twisting was transmitted, but I endured it.
'Ugh!'
The load on my body was beyond imagination. With the sudden shift of power, it felt like I was moving with dozens of iron weights attached to me every time I moved.
I didn't know that spreading the Segeuk Oegang partially was this difficult. To be more precise, if I had spread it slowly, the load would have been much less than now, but now I didn't have the luxury.
This was all because of the guy in front of me.
'I will definitely blow you away!'
Anyway, I managed to succeed in the second task. And what I was about to do was a more difficult task than this.
In a way, up to here was a kind of preliminary work, and from now on, it was the real thing.
Reversal of Heaven.
The sky and the earth were reversed.
Crackle.
I created lightning qi with the Reversal of the Situation. I put it in my right hand.
And originally, the existing Twin Poles was to release the Reversal of Heaven here, let the sun in the sky of the natural order and the sun on the ground of the Reversal of Heaven collide with each other, and release the explosive power to the opponent.
Of course, this was a method that would not work on the guy.
I did not release the Reversal of Heaven. In that state, I continuously created lightning qi.
Roar.
The sun of lightning qi on the ground grew in size.
When it reached the point where it could no longer grow in size no matter how much energy I pushed in.
The phenomenon I had been waiting for occurred.
The sun, which had been filled with lightning qi to its limit, had reached a state of saturation and began to vibrate.
Roar.
The vibration that had started echoed in the reversed world.
Roar!
The vibration was getting bigger.
If I were to lose control of my qi and body even a little here, the sun of lightning qi would explode as it was, and my body would be shattered.
At the natural tension, the saliva in my mouth dried up. I could actually feel the moisture in my body drying up exponentially.
'Not yet.'
This much vibration was not enough to cause the desired phenomenon.
More, more, more! More!!!!
I waited for the vibration, the echo, to grow.
Roar!
And finally, the sky answered.
The sun, which had been hidden by the sky of the Reversal of Heaven, which had not been visible due to the sun on the ground, revealed itself.
And at the resonance that occurred.
Roar!
The two suns grew even larger.
*
The Sword Empress opened her eyes.
She, who had thought she was dead, was not dead.
Instead, someone was in the place where she should have been.
It was the child of the Sword Emperor. It must have been that the child of the Sword Emperor had intervened at the last moment.
And at the sight that the child of the Sword Emperor was showing now, the Sword Empress's eyes widened.
That appearance now...
That scene...
Vibration.
It was a unique secret art that only the Sword Pavilion possessed.
This meant that in this world, only the Sword Pavilion could perform it.
However, this secret art passed down in the Sword Pavilion was a fake.
To be more precise, it could be said to be a fake that was extremely close to the real thing, improved because the real thing could not be performed.
The Sword Empress's master, the previous Sword Empress, had said.
-Originally, this vibration is not created in the sword, but in the body.
-Then wouldn't the body be unable to withstand it and explode?
-That's right. No matter how much one has reached the realm of the Profound Manifestation, it is only that the limits of the human body have been increased, so it can still be said to be a human body.
-What you're saying now, master, is just like a legend. Like the dragon story you told me before.
-Hehehe. That's right. But I think this way. The legend about the dragon and the legend now may both be true.
-True?
-Yes. I once heard from a very famous doctor in the Central Plains that I know, that human constitutions are very diverse, and among them, there are special constitutions.
-Are you talking about things like the Heavenly Killing Star or the Heavenly Martial Body?
-That's right. And among those constitutions, there is also something called the Blue Dragon Saintly Bones. I think the first master of the Sword Pavilion who founded the Sword Pavilion might have been a Blue Dragon Saintly Bones. Well, it's just my own delusion. So just listen for fun.
Blue Dragon Saintly Bones.
Another word for a body that can contain the energy of waves.
*
Two suns in one world.
It felt as if all the blood, moisture, and body in my body were drying up.
Crack, my lips cracked, and my flesh tore in places. Blood trickled from the cracked parts. Hiss, it flew into the air as it was.
My eyes felt like they would burst at any moment.
The whole world seemed to be melting into a gooey mess.
'If I lose my mind here, it's all for nothing!'
I bit my lip, and I was barely able to regain my senses with the bitter taste of blood.
'Now!'
I released the Reversal of Heaven.
Then, before the existing Reversal of Heaven, the sun of the natural order revealed itself.
Hiss. Sweat came out and at the same time flew into the air. It felt as if I were in the lava of a volcano.
Thus, now, in the world I saw, there were three suns.
Although the explanation was long, all this happened in a fleeting moment.
I slowly raised both my arms.
Even though I had strengthened both my arms in advance with Segeuk Oegang, it felt like my arms would melt. I felt the blood boiling in my arms. My top had already burned black and disappeared long ago.
I gently wrapped my arms around the guy's extended fist.
And I released all my energy at once.
The Twin Poles.
If I had to give it a name, a world with three suns.
The Three Thousand Worlds.
Crash!
With a huge explosion, my body couldn't withstand the shock and was thrown back.
After rolling on the ground for a long time, I was finally able to stop my body. I couldn't feel any sensation in both my arms. I looked down at my arms just in case, and fortunately, they were still attached. However, I had no strength left in my body except for the strength to nod my head.
Wheeze.
A hoarse breath came out of my exhaled breath.
'Please!'
I prayed inwardly and raised my head to look forward.
The dust was slowly settling.
The scene that was revealed was a huge crater as if a meteorite had fallen.
From the crater, the heat that had not yet cooled down was constantly rising.
A curse came out of my mouth.
"You... crazy...!"
In the center of the crater, the guy was standing alone.
Even if it was him, he was not in a good state.
One of the guy's arms was completely gone.
Still! How could he survive being hit by that?
Cough.
When he coughed, the guy vomited blood.
"Amazing."
Just that. The guy's voice was very normal.
"I never imagined I would be hit like this. I admit it. It's the price for my carelessness."
I was very surprised at the guy's appearance, or rather, his pupils.
The shape of his pupils had changed.
Slit!
The pupils, which were slit long vertically, reminiscent of a reptile.
And next to it, another pupil had appeared.
A shape as if the pupil were slit vertically.
It was neither human, nor reptile, nor animal.
"Are you a monster?"
"Hehehe. I hear that a lot."
I've done everything I can. I don't have the strength to struggle anymore. I waited for death comfortably.
Suddenly, the guy looked back and opened his mouth.
"It's a pity, but this is it. I am the law enforcement officer of the Black Heaven, Sa Cho-hon. I'll consider today's match my loss. But next time, I will never make the same mistake as today."
As if he was the only one there, the guy left somewhere. I was almost surprised that he still had the spirit to say such things and the strength to use lightness skill to leave this place. Of course, I didn't have the strength to do that.
Anyway, is it over?
I lay down on the floor as it was.
My arms still had no sensation.
However, I could tell why the guy had run away from the vibration transmitted from the ground.
Thump, thump.
The sound of dozens, no, hundreds of horses stepping on the ground at the same time.
The vibration and the sound stopped at once. Instead, the sound of someone getting off a horse was heard.
Right after, the sound of hundreds of people in armor kneeling at once followed.
Someone was walking towards me.
A single face suddenly appeared in my vision as I was looking up at the sky.
"Are you alive?"
Originally, I should have been bowing my head like them.
"I think I'm going to die."
"You're alive."
"I said I think I'm going to die."
"It seems I wasn't late. Right?"
You're late. If you had been a little later, I would have died here.
"You were fucking late."
"Just this once. Still, I came, didn't I?"
"I didn't ask you to come."
"Shall I go back?"
"No. Please come!"
I felt strongly that I was being used. I thought it was strange from the moment he suddenly put me on the boat.
As my tension eased, my eyes began to close.
"I'm going to sleep. Don't wake me up."
"Yes. Sleep well. By the time you wake up, everything will be over."
I let go of my consciousness at the words of the Crown Prince, who had appeared leading hundreds of government troops.
And when I opened my eyes, I was lying on a wooden bed. Fortunately, I seemed to be alive. Above all, I could feel the sensation in both my arms. However, it was still difficult to move. Just then, I turned my head at the presence I felt from the side, and huh? The Crown Prince was there.
He smiled brightly and said to me, "The crime of deceiving the royal family is, regardless of the reason, immediate execution."
Wasn't that a dream?
For the Crown Prince to suddenly appear during a fight, ninety-nine out of a hundred, this couldn't be real!
I'm really fucked.
Creak.
The door opened, and the Sword Empress came in.
"The joke is still the same."
"Your Highness is still as beautiful as ever."
(End of Chapter)